The Sky-Splitting Beast King was able to become a Heavenly Dao powerhouse—how could it possibly be a fool? The instant it understood, the Burning Heaven Beast King reacted as well. Their two lantern-sized pairs of eyes met, and both beasts began to tremble.
"He can devour World Hearts... He said that to make you bring him here so he could find one and devour it..."
"We're finished! That brat played us both. Hurry, chase him!"
The Sky-Splitting Beast King let out a crazed roar.
By all rights, although its lifespan was restricted by the Sky-Splitting Heavenly Dao and could not exceed a million years, it should have wished for the World Heart to be devoured and the Heavenly Dao destroyed. That way, the blade hanging over its head would disappear.
But... there was one fact it could not ignore. It was a life-form born and raised in the Sky-Splitting Zone. Once the Heavenly Dao collapsed, it would die along with it!
This law applied throughout the entire Chaos Ocean!
With its Heavenly Dao Realm strength, it could endure for ten years or even longer, but its fate was already sealed. Unless it broke through to the Emperor Realm, death was inevitable!
That was precisely why, despite its intense hatred for the Sky-Splitting Zone's Heavenly Dao, it did not dare destroy it.
If anyone wanted to refine the World Heart and destroy the Heavenly Dao, it had to stop them as well.
That was why it had rushed over in such panic after hearing Nie Yun's words, terrified that the World Heart would be refined by a human... It had thought it was protecting the Heavenly Dao, never dreaming that it had instead brought disaster upon it!
Previously, that youth had been unable to find the World Heart's location. Now, however,